Blood transfusion and postoperative infections

THE INJURY SEVERITY SCORE

1974 • 6,715 citations

BMDP Statistical Software 1981

1982 • 2,365 citations

Major Sternal Wound Infection after Open-Heart Surgery: A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors in 2,579 Consecutive Operative Procedures

1987 • 380 citations

Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus Infection after Transplantation and Immunosuppression

1975 • 350 citations

Diminished helper/suppressor lymphocyte ratios and natural killer activity in recipients of repeated blood transfusions

1984 • 327 citations

Risk of Infection after Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

1984 • 322 citations

Immunologic Abnormalities in Patients Receiving Multiple Blood Transfusions

1984 • 311 citations

Cytomegalovirus Infections Following Renal Transplantation

1981 • 274 citations

Increased Pulmonary Superinfections in Cardiac-Transplant Patients Undergoing Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection

1978 • 241 citations

Risk of Infection After Open Fracture of the Arm or Leg

1988 • 241 citations

Hemorrhage Without Tissue Trauma Produces Immunosuppression and Enhances Susceptibility to Sepsis

1987 • 220 citations

Blood transfusion and infectious complications following colorectal cancer surgery

1988 • 220 citations

Association between transfusion of whole blood and recurrence of cancer.

1986 • 164 citations

Blood transfusion-induced suppression of cellular immunity in man

1980 • 153 citations

RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE NETHERLANDS

1979 • 136 citations

Relationship of postoperative septic complications and blood transfusions in patients with Crohn's disease

1988 • 114 citations

Risk of Infection Following Laparotomy for Penetrating Abdominal Injury

1984 • 110 citations

Risk Factors for Severe Bacterial Infections after Valve Replacement and Aortocoronary Bypass Operations: Analysis of 246 Cases by Logistic Regression

1985 • 108 citations

Effect of Blood Transfusions on Immune Function

1987 • 108 citations

ALTERED DISTRIBUTION OF T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH HAEMOPHILIA

1983 • 95 citations

Effects of operation on immune response in cancer patients: sequential evaluation of in vitro lymphocyte function.

1976 • 95 citations

IMPROVED RENAL ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL AFTER BLOOD TRANSFUSION: A NONSPECIFIC, ERYTHROCYTE-MEDIATED IMMUNOREGULATORY PROCESS?

1979 • 89 citations

The risk of infection after colon injury.

1986 • 82 citations

The significance of changes in blood lymphocyte populations following surgical operations.

1984 • 73 citations

Effect of Transfusion on Immune Function in a Traumatized Animal Model

1987 • 66 citations

The Influence of Hemolysis or Blood Loss on Susceptibility to Infection

1963 • 65 citations

Possible induction by blood transfusion of immunological tolerance against growth of transplanted tumors in mice.

1983 • 56 citations

Unnecessary blood transfusions in elective colorectal cancer surgery

1985 • 56 citations

Blood transfusion, skin test reactivity, and lymphocytes in inflammatory bowel disease

1986 • 55 citations

The effect of blood transfusion on T-suppressor cells in renal dialysis patients.

1981 • 54 citations

Effect of Blood Transfusion on Antigen Presentation Function and on Interleukin 2 Generation

1988 • 48 citations

Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage for Abdominal Trauma

1981 • 46 citations

Transfusion History, T Cell Subsets and Natural Killer Cytotoxicity in Patients with Colorectal Cancer¹

1989 • 32 citations

T‐Lymphocytes and the Subpopulations of T‐Helper and T‐Suppressor Cells Measured by Monoclonal Antibodies (T11, T4, and Ts) in Relation to Surgery Under Epidural and General Anaesthesia

1984 • 30 citations

The effect of hypovolemic shock on bacterial defense

1965 • 29 citations

Effect of splenic sequestration of erythrocytes on splenic clearance function and susceptibility to septic peritonitis

1982 • 24 citations

Influence of Operative Trauma on Circulating Blood Mononuclear Cells: Analysis Using Monoclonal Antibodies

1984 • 22 citations

SUPPRESSION OF LYMPHOCYTE REACTIVITY BY BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN UREMIC PATIENTS III. REGULATION OF CELL-MEDIATED LYMPHOLYSIS

1984 • 22 citations

Effect of varying number and volume of transfusions on mortality rate following septic challenge in an animal model

1987 • 20 citations

Effect of pretransplant donor-specific transfusions in renal transplantation.

1982 • 19 citations

The Effect of Neonatal Exchange and Later Blood Transfusion on Lymphocyte Cultures

1981 • 19 citations

Lymphocyte response after surgery and blood transfusion

1976 • 16 citations

Induction of transplantation tolerance using serum as antigen source

1976 • 15 citations

Influence of gastrointestinal bleeding on host defense and susceptibility to infection.

1979 • 13 citations

Facilitation of Skin Allograft Survival by Blood Leucocyte Extracts

1984 • 11 citations